(η8-Cyclooctatetraenyl)(m-ter­phenyl)­lutetium-μ-chloro-[tris­(tetrahydro­furan)­lithium(I)]

The molecular structure of a mixed ter­phenyl COT compound (COT is cyclo­octatetraene) of the element lutetium, of composition DppLuCOT(μ-Cl)Li(THF)3 (Dpp is 2,6-di­phenyl­phenyl, or m-terphenyl, and THF is tetra­hydro­furan) or [LuLi(C8H8)(C18H13)Cl(C4H8O)3], is reported. The monomeric complex contains one η8-bonded COT and one σ-bonded ter­phenyl ligand, as well as a lithium chloride moiety, with the alkali metal atom solvated by three tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecules.